05 Oct Getting To Know LA Dodgers All Star Pitcher Clayton Kershaw

Full Name: Clayton

Edward Kershaw

Born: Dallas, Texas

on March 19, 1988

Height & Weight:

6-3, 215

Nickname:

Kersh or the Claw

Hobbies/Interests:

I enjoy playing Ping Pong

Player you would pay to watch today:

Pujols, Jeter, A Rod and Lincecum

Favorite thing to do on an off day:

My off-days are pretty different every

day. Some days I’m on the golf course.

I play football with some of my buddies

and try to be active during the day.

Other times, I walk around the city I am

playing in at the moment

Favorite Actor: Denzel Washington

Favorite Foods: Pizza & Mexican food

Favorite City To Visit:

San Diego, beautiful clean city

Thing about me that most don’t

know: I am the great-nephew of the

discoverer of Pluto, astronomer Clyde

Tombaugh.

Influences:

My family and friends who helped me

get to the point I am at today.

What is the oddest thing anyone

has asked you to sign: Tennis shoes. I

went to a school in L.A. many years ago,

and one kid decided that, because he

didn’t have anything to sign, I should

sign his shoe.

Favorite Ballpark:

Dodger Stadium, my home park

Favorite Non Baseball Sports

Team: Dallas Cowboys

What do you think is your greatest

strength and your weakness:

I’m a very competitive person. I

hate to lose, and I guess that could

be strength and a weakness. When

things start going badly and things

start going my way, I try to keep going

hard as opposed to taking things

easy.

Toughest Hitter Ever Faced:

Has to be Albert Pujols when he was

on the Cardinals. He was the best hitter

in the game. There’s not one place

to pitch him. You get him one way,

and the next time, he’ll hit a home

run off of you.

First Job: I’ve always been a

baseball player.

Athletes I enjoy following in other

sports over the years:

In football it was Adrian Peterson and in

basketball, Kobe, Lebron and Durant.

Most Embarrassing Professional

Moment:

My first game in the big leagues, I went

out for the anthem wearing the wrong

jersey. I mistakenly put on teammate

Jason Schmidt’s jersey.

Biggest Thrill to Date as an Athlete:

Pitching in the World Series for the LA

Dodgers!